The only way I could figure this out was to use an iframe and a third-party service such as RSS feed widget free from FeedWind, the best RSS widget available. You can put in an RSS feed here, tweak some settings, and then get an iframe code. The only catch is you'll have to change the src=http:// to src=https:// to trick the browser into allowing this content to be displayed without the students needing to allow insecure content in their browser settings.

The only way I could figure this out was to use an iframe and a third-party service such as RSS feed widget free from FeedWind, the best RSS widget available. You can put in an RSS feed here, tweak some settings, and then get an iframe code. The only catch is you'll have to change the src=http:// to src=https:// to trick the browser into allowing this content to be displayed without the students needing to allow insecure content in their browser settings.

I know you posted this about a year ago, Adam Williams but I just tried Feedwind. The free version is very customizable and worked well in Canvas! I didn't have to add the "s" to http:// because it was already there. Thanks for letting us know about this free online service.

Yes! Thanks to this community I have learned much since that post. Laura Gibbs has turned me on to Inoreader for RSS feeds of darn near anything, and I discovered Feedwind at some point after that when looking for other ways to get embed code from RSS feeds. I'm glad you were able to find these tools as well (if you aren't using Inoreader you're totally missing out!).

Sarah Aldridge, how did it work out for you? Have you seen the new tools the community has discovered?

Yes, Adam Williams! And that is really the key, finding out about DIFFERENT tools so that people can then choose which one will work the best for their goals. I had some very specific needs that Inoreader met for me: Google Reader disappeared, and the most popular replacement Feedly did not meet my needs at all. Now I use Inoreader for so many purposes, and so it's an easy choice for me to use in embedding an RSS feed, but of course there are other ways to do that also, other tools with their own disadvantages/advantages, multiple uses, etc.

I think that is a real challenge that Canvas faces, deciding which features are "core" features they will include and which ones are extras and add-ons. I personally like their approach of keeping the core very light and simple (if I understand correctly, the next version of quizzes is going to be an LTI???), but of course that user-chooses approach means the Community has a really important role to play, sharing tools and teaching each other about how we use them.

Yes, I tried Inoreader and am very impressed with how it can combine different feeds. It can do so much with filters and rules! I was also impressed with how Feedwind has so many options and is very customizable (for free). If anyone hasn't tried them, they are both worth trying out to determine which one fits your needs!